Conroe : First 3D Mark results Our very own X.I.P FreeCableGuy finally managed to get his sample of Conroe to work. And achieved very high scores in 3D Marks using just air cooling.

BigSam has done it again - this time using i975 based Asus P5WD2-E motherboard. Results...? You may be surprised...

XtremeSystems

Here are some Super Spy Pcis of AMD's upcoming AM2 CPU. We're trying to gather some benchmarks as well.

When a product is just plain terrible, there's nothing you can say to make it sound more appealing. It is what it is. Take the Klegg Mini, for example. Besides the kooky name, the screen is poor, the interface is awful, and photos need conversion. And if that's not enough, there are ten other products just as bad. PCMag.com saves you from buying these worst products of Q1 2006.

Matsushita Electronics, through its better-known Panasonic brand, has rolled out a new iteration of its ToughBook laptops in Japan, sporting Core Duo processors and, at the high end, impressive shock resistance and a special drainage system to protect it from the wetter kinds of spills.DigitalTrends

Pioneer, at a press conference in Taipei on April 25, Pioneer, unveiled its BDR-101A. This Blu-ray disc burner is aimed at the professional user though and not even your average enthusiast, considering the $995 dollar US price tag.

CD Freaks

There's been some recent mumbles about AMD doing something like this in a few years. We tell you about a company that's doing it now, and why it matters, a lot.

Overclockers.com

Zalman open up a can of Shhh with three new products: CNPS9500-AT CPU cooler; VF900-Cu graphics cooler; and ZM460-APS Power Supply. Will they stun us into silence too?

Bit-Tech

The X1900GT beats the 7900GT in 3D Mark 05 and 06 but loses out in 3D Mark 03. In Game Tests, the X1900GT leads in Half Life 2 and BattleField 2 but lags behind in FEAR, Doom 3, Splinter Cell and Serious Sam 2. It seems that the 7900GT is still the overall winner in terms of gaming.

VR-Zone

To gain a better understanding of how the performance of today's latest and greatest 2.5" mobile ATA drives looks, we've gathered seven drives from the likes of Fujitsu, Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital. This mix of drives includes a little of everything, including a 160 GB perpendicular monster and a couple of 7,200-RPM speed demons.

At ChileHardWare they've managed to come across a Socket AM2 processor, Athlon 64 X2 4000+, and they've posted some pictures of the new deliciousness. Just as expected the physical differences between the Socket AM2 processors and its Socket 939 siblings are very few, physically speaking.

NordicHardware

6 different VGA coolers are tested in our latest roundup, products from Arctic Cooling, Sytrin and Zalman stressed using an XFX 7800GT running at default and overclocked speeds, while each heatsink is tested at different fan speeds and GPU temperature and noise readings are recorded. What cooler will suite you best? Read on to find out.

Madshrimps

For FiringSquad's first video review, we'll be comparing the video processing capabilities of ATI AVIVO and NVIDIA PureVideo. Don't worry, we agree with you that most video reviews are boring. This one's different. This one isn't boring. We promise.

We take a look at the Quad Dual-Core Enterprise platforms, comparing Intel's Paxville (Xeon MP) 3.0GHz with AMD's Opteron 880 in a series of 64-bit database tests.

A pre-launch sample of Intel's Dempsey CPU and Bensley platform served as a sneak preview of what to expect. Our benchmarks also indicate how the platform will fare against AMD's Opteron 280.

A famous overclocker aka Coolaler posted some results of his overclocking experiment performed on a 0.065micron Celeron M version when this baby reached 2.6-3.0GHz core frequency in an AOpen i975Xa-YDG mainboard based on i975X chipset and equipped with a powerful air cooler.

X-Bit Labs

We round up eight sideways-gusting CPU coolers under fifty bucks to see if they can keep an overclocked FX-60 from welding itself to the motherboard. Will these horizontal blowers turn the world of CPU cooling on its side?

We do an overclocking double take with the Asus A8R32-MVP and the new 0404 bios. Is there improvement or will the hardcore enthusiast remain disappointed?

If you recall, Gainward launched a 512MB AGP based 7800 GS recently which actually had 20 pipelines instead of 16. Essentially the card was a 7800 GT in disguise and was above and beyond the performance of any other AGP card available. Gainward have a new card on the way with the exact same naming scheme as before except with the addition of a ?+?. The full name is the BLISS 7800 GS SILENT 512MB GS+. . The new ?+? refresh part looks set to move the specs away from 7800 GT territory and instead move them toward the 7900 GT. AGP users rejoice!

Not to rest on their laurels, NVIDIA updates their top-end mobile GPU with the new GeForce Go 7900 GTX. Along with it is the new Go 7900 GS which is slower, but consumes much less power. The best news is that you can buy it today!

PC Perspective